Michaele Lockhart

A Voyage for History

An adventure-packed tribute to the Greatest Generation.

On a sentimental journey turned terrifying voyage, a determined group of veterans,
all over seventy years old, come together, joined by one shared common cause: the rescue of a US
Navy tank landing craft critical to the battles of World War II.

Their goal is to restore and preserve this antique vessel as a living history
maritime museum to honor the thousands who served on her and the cause she served.
Now renamed the Aeolus, their prize is rotting in a ship graveyard, half-way
around the world. Bonded in a unique camaraderie, they claim their ship, encounter
unexpected delays in Crete, Naples, and Gibraltar, and then sail into a harrowing late season hurricane and North Atlantic winter storm.

These men and their ship are coming home, but not without adventure and misadventure, drama
and tragedy, and even a touch of romance. Facing inevitable challenges of aging, illness, loss,
and clashes of personalities that have never worked together before, they now encounter their ultimate
fight for survival, acutely aware of their vulnerability and limitations, alone in the middle of the North Atlantic.

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REVIEWS

In A voyage for History, thirty U.S. World War II veterans buy and sail a vintage
LST from Greece to Alabama. It was a frightening, gutsy undertaking that Southwestern author Michaele Lockhart
has turned into an absorbing novel.~J.C. Martin, Special to the Arizona Daily Star

A tribute to the devotion, loyalty, and pure guts of what has been called
the "Greatest Generation," this story is also a salute to the determination of
senior citizens everywhere. ~Trafford Publishing

Michaele Lockhart writes in tones that evoke a stormy and cruel North Atlantic, contrasting with
more softly tender scenes. In recreating this story, based on a true adventure, she examines the
lives of several veterans, representative of Americans of their era. By touching on their histories
she has covered the entire twentieth century, the encapsultion of its "hopes and fears," from
wars, to women's rights, early immigrant experiences, integration, and forward to an enlightened
promise for today's seniors. A Voyage for History is the winding down of one
century and the hint at a new beginnings. ~R. Hammond, author, poet, and playwright

Just finished A Voyage for History. Absolutely loved it and wished it would go on and on-
any chance of a sequel?~O. Ryan, Tucson, Arizona